Category Archives: Law

Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | June 1, 2015

Ross Ulbricht

Poking the Monster: I must admit I haven’t been following the Ulbricht story, but after seeing the FBI crowing about the life conviction of a young Ross Ulbricht, I posted the following comment (just below) on the official FBI Facebook page.

“David Brown: Interesting that they give this young guy life in prison for setting up a website that allowed the transfer of illegal drugs, etc. yet when several large banks including HSBC get caught red-handed laundering billions in drug money, they get a slap on the wrist and ZERO jail time.”
Like · 961 · May 29 at 11:31pm”

I was amazed to receive 961 likes and many favorable comments, since I assumed I would be stirring a hornet’s nest, though ever so gently. I thought of my post as a ‘logic-bomb‘ set off in this FBI Facebook echo chamber of cackling sycophants, used to illustrate the abject duplicity and absurdity of the FBI’s position. Surprisingly, at least 961 people agreed and were apparently aware of the Bankster’s FBI-issued, default get out of jail card. Now, Ulbricht may be one evil dood –I just don’t know– and maybe he deserved some jail time; but life seems a bit much when the Banksters go free after laundering billions in drug money. The hypocrisy is thick at the self-exalted FBI. The FBI doesn’t need me to mock them with simple logic, they mock themselves by their actions. Furthermore, the corruption and complicity of the FBI in the 9/11 attacks can be seen up close and personal in Sibel Edmond’s Classified Woman. If ever once you believed in the veracity and truthfulness of the FBI, this one book will disabuse you of such foolishness. The FBI serves a master, but it isn’t the American citizen and it isn’t ‘truth, justice and the American way’.

Normally, I don’t quote CNN (Compromised News Network) because of their obvious position as the official government gatekeepers and in their participation in something similar to the CIA’s Operation Mockingbird, but decided to quote CNN under my comment above on the FBI Facebook site to eliminate the discussion around Ulbricht being a murderer, to wit:

From CNN: “The judge also said there was “no doubt” that Ulbricht paid for murders of those who had threatened Silk Road. Prosecutors had charged Ulbricht with commissioning six murders-for-hire but those charges were dropped and there is no evidence that these murders were ever carried out. Ulbricht, who is 31, was convicted in February on seven counts ranging from money laundering to drug trafficking. He could have been sentenced to only 20 years. “

CNN: Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life

Additional Reading on Ulbricht:

Free Ross Ulbricht NOW.

UPDATE:

June 19, 2015

Why Was Ross Ulbricht Denied a Fair Trial? By Tragedy and Hope

Lyn Ulbricht Interview: Why Was #FreeRoss Denied a Fair Trial? @ PorcFest XII 2015

Creeping Fascism – Jade Helm

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | March 30, 2015

Benito Mussolini

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”
― Benito Mussolini

Who would doubt that there is a merger of the state and large multinational corporations in the US and around the globe? The evidence is everywhere: from the bailouts of the banks to the legal liability protection the government provides Monsanto and Big Pharma to the sovereignty-killing secret trade agreements written and designed by corporations; not to mention the Federal Reserve who pretends to be Federal, yet is not Federal and has no reserves; but, in fact is a private cabal of international bankers with no allegiance to any country.

Sometimes the small things are indicative of more ominous changes afloat…

State Highway signs use to say “Observe Warning Signs”. Now they say “Obey Warning Signs”. Do you detect a difference in attitude or is it just me?

And sometimes they are up-close and in your face as in Jade Helm.

Jade Helm

Jade Helm is a major exercise planned this summer for Texas, Utah and Southern CA. Texas and Utah are listed as ‘Hostile’. With the massive military training bases strewn all across this country, there is no reason to conduct these drills outside the designated training bases unless this is some sort of PSYOP to get you used to the military presence. I think there is no question that rogue, criminal elements within the US Federal Government have something very special planned. While the media cover for the government by misquoting and mischaracterizing the concern with Jade Helm.

The media’s straw-man: To provide cover for government and to discredit those of us who are concerned, the Media incorrectly reports: Conspiracy nuts claim that this is a Martial law takeover by the government. What is actually being claimed by the so called ‘conspiracy nuts’ is that this is an exercise to get the US population accustomed to a military presence on the streets of America and to establish a close, working relationship between the military and local law enforcement. No one but the media have said this is Martial law, only a preparation for Martial law and in fact will likely never be called Martial law at all, but some other nicer sounding term. This goes entirely against fundamental founding principles in the USA and against the now gutted Posse Comitatus Act.

The Globalist Surge in the USA. Training Americans for Military Occupation:
Jade Helm is clearly a PSYOP (Military Psychological Operation) designed to get the American people accustomed to military presence. Jade Helm will take place from July 15-Sepember 15. An additional benefit is that the military (Pentagon) will be able to establish close, working relationships with local county commissioners and local law officials. This is not Martial Law but make no doubt about it, it is a preparation for civil disobedience or civil unrest. One of their objectives is to blend in undetected. Texas cities involved: Bastrop/Smithville, Big Spring, Caddo Lake, Caldwell, Christoval, College Station, Dell City, Eldorado, Goliad, Junction, Leakey, Menard, Mountain Home, San Angelo, San Antonio and Victoria. This represents a continued militarization of the police and must not stand. Since one objective is to “Operate Undetected Amongst Civilian Population”, I will be out with my camcorder. If I see something, I will take a picture and I will say something as the DHS has requested. I hope you will do the same.

However, unlike the DHS, I will never, ever spy on my fellow citizens. Rather than report the facts, many in the MSM have mischaracterized what Alex Jones has reported on this topic by setting up a straw-man designed to discredit Jones. This is creeping Fascism and most of the establishment media are co-conspirators in this domestic psyop. If you live in one of the towns listed under the Jade Helm operation, please contact your local county commissioners and sheriffs so that they understand the facts and that they have your support to make the correct decision to just say no to Jade Helm.

MSM Caught Lying: Breaking Jade Helm Update Press uses disproven government talking points to conceal overall agenda

VIDEO: Military Helicopters Descend over Central Texas for Mass Civil Unrest Drill

HUGE MILITARY DRILL IN FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA

“Comply Or Die” Has Replaced “Protect And Serve” Guest Column by John W. Whithead Fear the police, not terrorists. Police have killed far more Americans than have terrorists.

NOTE: it is important to note that the term “Conspiracy theory” is a weaponized term created by the CIA. See CIA document 1035-960: CIA Document 1035-960: Foundation of a Weaponized Term

HILLARY ‘WIPED HER SERVER CLEAN’

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | March 29, 2015

Concerning Hillary’s deleted emails: All evidence points to Christopher Stephens being purposefully eliminated by Hillary’s State Department because he stupidly reported on the illegal shipments of arms from CIA cut-out companies here in the USA, directly to Libya and on to Turkey and Jordan for use against Syria’s Assad. See ClearNFO: Thumbnail sketch on the origin and function of ISIS and the Benghazi Deception.

18 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2009 Edition
Title 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov

TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE:

U.S. Code Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 101, Section 2071, Paragraph b.
CHAPTER 101—RECORDS AND REPORTS
Sec.
2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally.
2072. False crop reports.
2073. False entries and reports of moneys or securities.
2074. False weather reports.
2075. Officer failing to make returns or reports.
2076. Clerk of United States District Court.

§2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally

(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, §552(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1566; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

US Supreme Court has lost its way

At stake before the US Supreme Court is the Constitutionality of the Obamacare subsidies for states who did not build their own exchanges. Obamacare is clearly unconstitutional to anyone capable of critical thought, and according to the ACA (Affordable Care Act) aka Obamacare, subsidies for states without exchanges, is clearly illegal by the very words contained within the ACA law. Obama decided with his pen and his phone to provide subsidies to 7.5 million people in states who opted out of the state exchange despite this being clearly against the very language contained within the ACA itself. Thus this is an illegal act.

If the Supreme Court rules against Obama’s subsidies, then 7.5 million may lose their health care insurance. This is patently unfair since many of these people were forced off of the healthcare they had previously and on to Obamacare. A large portion of these 7.5 million likely have Medicare / Medicaid not Obamacare, so will not be impacted by this ruling.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court –to add more problems for the survival of this Republic– have forgotten their role and that is to interpret the US Constitution not to legislate. Congress too has forgotten its role to legislate and has left this up to the Executive. Our government is a mess. It is one big political rugby match, the Constitution be damned and your rights and freedoms as guaranteed by the Constitution as well.

It is not the Supreme Court’s job to worry about a “death spiral” of Obamacare. That is the job of Congress; a Congress that passed a terrible law through terrible means.

The Roberts Court, October 2010

Sonia Sotomayor (Obama lock)
Stephen G. Breyer (Obama lock)
Samuel A. Alito (?)
Elena Kagan (Obama lock)
Clarence Thomas (?)
Antonin Scalia (?)
Chief Justice John Roberts (Back-stabbing SOB)
Anthony Kennedy (Swing vote)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Obama lock)

Obama bots: Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan

Picture of the US Supremes Rugby Team above:”Supreme Court US 2010″ by Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States – Roberts Court (2010-) – The Oyez Project. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons –

Corruption is Metastasizing in the U.S.

Obviously, not all people who work for the government are corrupt, but after reading whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ account of her time at the FBI and after watching a 2.5 hour long interview with whistleblower William Binney –who spent 30 years at the NSA– there is no other conclusion but corruption and criminal activity permeates every nook and cranny of the highest echelons of the FBI, Justice Department and the NSA. Add to this, Sibel and William, both sought to inform their own management chain, congress and the judiciary to only find that this act to protect your rights and your sacred constitution was met with vicious slander, intimidation and threats. So after being fully informed of this corruption and illegal activity, your Congress did nothing. Our Judges did nothing and all those responsible in the Executive branch did nothing but attempt to undermine and destroy these honorable people. This, then, is the state of the Union. Like a fish, it rots first from the head; and the stench is here for all to smell. I think you smell it already. The checks and balances our founders put in place to prevent this very same tyranny of the power of the state over the rights of the individual are gone. Laws are being broken and the US Constitution is being violated daily, with impunity and no chance of prosecution by those same people –as a requirement of their employment– swore an oath to protect and defend this same constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. We as a nation are faced with a problem. We can pretend that the problem doesn’t exist, or we can set a course of action to rid our country of this metastasizing tumor. To pretend it does not exist, or that someone else will step in to fix it, is to guarantee that the corrupting impact of this tumor will spread across this nation and to your door step. Our only option, therefore, is to set about ripping this corruption from the body of this nation and to throw it into the fire.

How to do this? There are many people working on this solution, so what you can do is to become informed. Know that there is a problem. What the problem is, and support those who are trying to fix the problem. Get to know what your rights are under the constitution so that you know when they are being violated, and then stand up to those in power who seek to steal your birthright guaranteed by the US Constitution and the US Bill of Rights. If called for jury duty, serve. And judge not only the guilt or innocence of the accused, but first judge the constitutionality of the laws under which the accused are being charged. This is not only your right but your duty to protect your fellow citizen against unconstitutional laws in this way. This is called Jury nullification and is your right. State nullification works in much the same way as jury nullification only at the state level. States –like you as a juror– have the right to nullify unconstitutional laws dictated from the central government in Washington, D.C. Encourage your representatives to stand up to the tyranny that has become the US Government. The most important things we can do however are to educate ourselves and then spread this education to all those who will listen. As Victor Hugo once said: “No army can stop an idea whose time has come”.

-David Brown

Truth & Justice have no play here

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | November 22, 2014

How can you be for something and against that thing at the same time? Well, that’s the predicament in which I find myself on the matter of capital punishment or the death penalty. Yes, I’m for capital punishment for certain crimes, but they must be proven without a shadow of a doubt; and therein is the rub where I am concerned. To put it simply, our courts are not fair and do not dispense justice equally. In fact, if the truth were known in the general public, most criminal cases are a fraud since most are plea bargained to a lesser crime –which in some cases was not even committed– all for expediency and surety of a conviction, not for justice or the determination of truth. If you doubt this, just read the excellent and well-documented book by Paul Craig Roberts entitled ‘The Tyranny of Good Intentions’. Add to this evidence, the work done by ‘The Innocence Project’ whereby DNA evidence has cleared falsely imprisoned people across the nation based on proof; not on the conviction machinery we call our justice system. The rates of false conviction are amazing. And from my personal experience, I have been in civil court no fewer than 25 times and have witnessed up close and personal the role politics and money play. Truth is rarely a consideration in my opinion. So given this knowledge, yes I am for the death penalty for certain crimes, but I have no trust that our current court system is capable of dispensing truth or justice.

Additional Reading: HERE (Opus 017: The Reality of our criminal ‘Justice’ System)

Is T0r Safe?

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | November 13, 2014

Tor: Onion routing

folks, I’ve used T0r a few times in the past just to check it out but I still have my reservations for using, even if it hadn’t been compromised (see link below). If you use T0r, then law officials automatically think you are doing something illegal; so this in and of itself, is a red flag. Also, T0r does not protect you at the entry point or the exit point of the onion routing scheme. Add to this, there are a lot of illegal activities going on within T0r, so you are rubbing up to and might be associating with criminal activity and thus get caught in an investigation by association; and in today’s world of criminal justice, you are more likely to have to prove your innocence to the state than the state prove your guilt. Based on this, I see T0r as a great idea –even if it was developed by the same state that seeks to compromise it—but I think there are way too many issues to use it or trust it. Bottom line in my opinion, there is no assurance of security or privacy on the net period; and if you assume you are safe, you do so at your own peril. So with this in mind, my basic theory is never do anything on line that you wouldn’t want published on the front page of Drudge or the NYT. This is unfortunate, but a reality. It is unfortunate because I believe that big part of being a free person is the expectation of privacy in our homes and in our online activities. Without privacy, free speech is attenuated, muted and restricted. This unfortunate condition we find our freedom in today represents just another example of the slow and steady creep of the state to subsume all individual rights and to eliminate any perceived threat to its power. The end point of this progression can only end with total control and ownership of the individual by the state and this is not a pretty picture. The individual rights the state takes are always under the guise of protecting you but don’t be their fool; the real purpose is to grow the scope, reach and power of the state over the individual.

Is Tor Safe? Anonymous Browser Hacked, With Suspects Keeping Quiet And Privacy Advocates Shaken

Exclusively Relying on Tor Risks |Detection and Exposure for Whistleblowers
By: Michael Best

Warning: Over 100 Tor Nodes Found Designed to Spy On Deep Web Users
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 by Swati Khandelwal

Coincidence?

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | November 03, 2014

In 1913, both the 16th Amendment was adopted and the Federal Reserve act was enacted under a Progressive President. Coincidence?

The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.

The Federal Reserve Act (ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251, enacted December 23, 1913, 12 U.S.C. ch. 3) is an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes (now commonly known as the U.S. Dollar) and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender.

Woodrow Wilson was president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and leader of the Progressive Movement.

“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.” -Woodrow Wilson, after signing the Federal Reserve into existence”

— Woodrow Wilson

Opus 017: The Reality of our criminal ‘Justice’ System

by DAVID BROWN | ClearNFO.com | March 6, 2010

On the nature of Criminal Justice in America:

The real problem is not with the laws but with our justice system. It is not what it appears to the outsider looking in. In fact many on the inside may not be aware of all the deals that are constantly being made. Many news pundits blame judges but this really misses the point. Let me give you an example of how 90% of the cases are handled and why.

Who are the players?

·        Judge (The editor of the story)
·        Police, Detective, etc. (prosecutor)
·        District Attorney (prosecutor)
·        The Plaintiff (prosecutor)
·        The Accused (defense)
·        The Accused attorney (defense)
·        The Jury if there is one (the ones in the dark listening to a story that is usually heavily edited by the judge)

What are their motives?

·        Judge – wants to clear his docket and get on to the next case. Has a god complex
·        Police…want a conviction but not willing to do all the real work necessary to prove up the evidence.
·        DA: Wants to fluff his resume and run for office again with a 95%+ conviction rate
·        Accused: Terrified and willing to make a deal

Given the above motives, this is what happens in 90% of all criminal cases: Plea Bargain. A plea bargain is where the accused pleas to a lesser crime for lesser time if he will agree to plead guilty. This is usually a lie because the plea may be for some crime that was not even committed.

What does everyone get out of this grand deception aka lie?

·        Judge: Gets a conviction and gets one more case off his docket
·        Police: don’t have to spend a lot of time investigating
·        DA: gets a conviction which makes his resume look good
·        Accused: may or may not be guilty. No one cares except him or her but he gets a lesser penalty and a lesser charge so he is relieved and may wonder if he did the right thing if innocent.
·        The Defense attorney gets paid and on to his next case. Can show his value by getting the crime/sentence reduced.

The cake is baked and everybody is happy!

This lie is sealed when the judge asks the accused if he was given any enticement for pleading guilty. The accused swears in court that he was not. All the players in this charade know this is a lie, but this is the real world. This is not CSI, or any other made for TV hoax on the gullible American public.

So…where is justice in all this? No one cares. Sorry.

If the accused was guilty, then he gets off with a lesser charge. If the accused was innocent then an innocent person was coerced into pleading guilty. Truth and justice have no play here.

Part 2:

If you care to explore a bit deeper here are some more considerations.

1) There is little to no consideration for finding the truth or for providing justice. This system runs on the participant’s resumes, ascendancy, money and politics. Truth, justice and the American way have no room here.

Most of the accused have little to no money and thus are totally at the mercy of the judge, DA, police and his own defense attorney Just to get a decent attorney interested you must have $10,000 in cash laying around that you don’t need. After the $10K is spent the bills usually accelerate and the judge, DA and everyone else is fully aware of your ability to fight. If they sense weakness then all bets are off and you become the cause of their effect and everyone knows this.

What this means is that our justice system is generally up for sale and you can get the amount of justice you can afford.

2) One of the great powers of the judge is the ability to edit the story. As most people know, if you can determine what is told and what is left out you can make a story say almost anything. So the Judge is the storyteller here for the jury. The jury is clueless and usually has no idea that they have been denied all the facts to make a good judgment.

3) Politics also come into play here. If the accused or the plaintiff has friendly, financial or political connections with important people, this will determine how the story is edited.

3) Polygraph tests: Polygraphs are extremely accurate if you ask most people in the polygraph industry but are at best 70% accurate according to research I’ve seen. Polygraphs are also very easy to beat if you do a little research prior to taking a test. Polygraphs are not admissible in court simply because they are NOT accurate– but are routinely used to coerce a confession or used as leverage under the false promise that the accused (person of interest) will not face indictment. This is a ruse to gain more true or false incriminating information that will ultimately lead to a conviction. The person and company doing the polygraph are usually under contract with the county which represents: the Judge, the DA, the Sheriff, Police, etc. The polygraph company is at risk of losing this contract if they don’t please their pay masters and so it is never a good idea to take a polygraph provided by the prosecution.

4) If you are innocent, never talk to the police and never give any information to anyone without competent legal representation. The reason for this is that the prevailing motive of the justice system is to convict and close cases. You will be under great pressure and feel obligated to absolve your self and prove your innocence but if you violate this fundamental rule, you will be very sorry. You don’t want to become another statistic on their resume. Always be pleasant and respectful and just explain that you want to protect your rights and you therefore require an attorney.

I have mixed thoughts about the ACLU because I disagree with most of what they do. However, with the deck stacked against anyone who finds themselves caught up on this assembly line of easy and convenient convictions it is nice to see the ACLU protecting the rights of those who don’t have the financial means to put up a just defense.

If you have ever observed what happens to a weak chicken who has been pecked to death in a chicken coup you will get a good idea what the accused face here in the USA if you don’t have the financial means to hire and pay for a good attorney, not to mention the deposition and court costs.

This, my friends is the current state of our fine justice system here in the good old USA. So, the next time you see someone do a perp-walk in an orange jump suit, just realize that most of these poor slobs had a court appointed attorney and were used to fluff several resumes.

For additional reading on this topic please see Paul Craig Roberts’ excellent book entitled ‘The Tyranny of Good Intentions’.

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